Indoor residential radon exposure and risk of childhood acute myeloid leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 900-906

  Steinbuch, M ^a,d   Weinberg, C R ^b   Buckley, J D ^c   Robison, L L ^a   Sandler, D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Childhood; Epidemiology; Radon

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; RADON; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032743026     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690784     Document Type: Article

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